) days. Massage

releases endorphins, chemicals in the brain that produce pleasure, and aside from stress management it can be helpful for many emotional problems such as depression and anxiety. Breathing is another area that is essential to your health but also to your state of mind. That is the reason many tout deep breathing for its healing powers of stress management. Shallow breathing deprives your body of oxygen, and this creates a feeling of lack and being out of control. Many programs available can teach you the art of breathing. Your life will be energized and you will remain positive with the reduced amount of stress caused by deep breathing.

Getting enough rest is a simple but important stress management principle. Do you sleep well at night, you need adequate levels of rest to manage your stress more effectively. If () necessary, change your schedule so you

don’t stay up so late. If you don’t think you can squeeze more sleep into your schedule, stop and think about what is taking up your time in the evenings and adjust appropriately from there. If waking up later or going to bed earlier isn’t possible try taking a power nap in the middle of your day. Insomnia is sometimes the culprit in which case you need to talk to your doctor for a solution. Keeping a healthy body and a healthy mind and managing stress is best done with a fresh well rested system.

Whatever stress management tactics you prefer, the key is to commit yourself to reducing stress one way or another. The approach you take will depend on your personality, as well as what the source of your own stress may be. You may find one or more of the stress management tactics explored above () helpful for your own situation.

In other news:

Stress management helpline launched in Valley

EGoM on fuel prices rescheduled for 7.30 pm. Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries open talks on J&K issue. Pak Naval ship Babur damaged helicopter net of INS Godavari: Admiral Nirmal Verma.

Ignored Greek Default Risk Makes Bank Stress Tests â??Irrelevantâ??

â??Everybody is so concerned about Greece defaulting and the effect thatâ??s going to have on banks, yet thatâ??s not something even being considered as part of the stress tests,â? said Jane Coffey, head of U.K. equities at Royal London Asset Management, which manages about $51 billion.

Possible Credit Rating Cuts and Stress Tests

We continue to expect a choppy summer, and while we think the bulk of the sell-off has occurred, we think the market weakness is likely to continue for awhile longer.

More Women Report â??Overwhelming Financial Stress,â?? Survey Finds

Almost 30 percent of women have high levels of anxiety about their finances, compared with 17 percent of men, according to a new survey in the U.S.